gunsmoke on 27/5/2009 at 15:08
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http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6210257/) Wow. Go Rockstar, lol. This is the newest downloadable expansion for GTA IV, due to ship in time for the Holiday buying season. :laff:
Ulukai on 27/5/2009 at 16:15
Lots of opportunity here for them to include:
* More stand up routines by actual comedians
* Mini-games involving scoring highly for strutting your funky stuff on the dance floor (Anachronox Stylee) and mixing cocktails
* Hot-Bratwurst
* Throwing your own parties and acting as the DJ
It sounds a lot more interesting that the rumoured Irish Mob DLC, I'll give them that.
henke on 27/5/2009 at 16:50
You know, I always thought that guy popping out of nowhere with an AK47 in the museum mission seemed a bit out of place. Like, who the hell is this guy? Really cool that Rockstar have been planing this shit out from the beginning and writing intertwined character arcs throughout the game that make sense first when you actually play as that character later on.
SubJeff on 27/5/2009 at 17:08
Why no DL content for PS3 though? :(
Ulukai on 27/5/2009 at 17:33
Clearly the PS3 isn't as gay as we all thought.
june gloom on 27/5/2009 at 18:13
In before mothra's moral outrage.
EvaUnit02 on 27/5/2009 at 19:17
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
Why no DL content for PS3 though? :(
ms funded the development of the two gta4 expansions.
dj_ivocha on 27/5/2009 at 21:56
Rockstar/2K sure needed that funding too.
I mean, 700+ million dollars in sales wouldn't have been enough for Rockstar to even afford developing a patch, let alone making whopping two expansions. :erm:
EvaUnit02 on 28/5/2009 at 04:51
We likely wouldn't have gotten such large expansions (new storylines, characters, full blown engine cutscenes etc.) of the scale we currently have if MS hadn't have part footed the bill. Some more akin to the tripe which you usually associate with DLC would've been far more likely otherwise.
Outside of certain genres that are hard to successfully execute on particular systems (i.e. RTSes on consoles), platform exclusivity of full third party game is no longer viable in the current market due to ever swelling budget demands. If a full title is exclusive, it's far more likely only a timed one.
Cheaper DLC expansions or other unlockable bonuses are the new exclusives.
At the end of the day, having competition is good and it's the consumer who wins.
